To the surprise of no one. Everything he's touched leads to failure
this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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A Trump company losing lots of money makes a good headline, but this is mostly because crypto is down, not because they're spending more than they're making:
TMTG is also active in financial services, and the company announced US$2.5 billion in funding a year ago to invest in cryptocurrencies, one of Trump’s recent passions.
But the plunge in digital currencies hit this part of the business hard as the price of Bitcoin tumbled from over US$126,000 in early October to below US$70,000 in March.
It has since rebounded somewhat to over US$80,000.
Because the company is required to reveal the value of its investments, even if it hasn’t sold them, it recorded a loss of US$406 million for the first quarter.
“The vast bulk” of the loss was due to digital assets, the company stated.
This is very typical for institutions that are purely funded and operated to engage in right wing propaganda. This doesn't actually mean anything.
It's essentially rich people funneling money to either get direct "favors" or just to spread the narratives that benefit them. Losses are a massive benefit to a company who's goal is not profit for the company on their books.
Funnel $10 million from company X into company Y. Company Y literally has the power of the American president behind it. Get the ear of American president for policy or propaganda to benefit company X. Company X profits $100 million from that policy or campaign. Company Y spends all of the investment from Company X on Company Z (also owned by the president or Company X).
But, damn, company Y is just not making any "profits". Time to write all this off as a loss in Taxes. Repeat until company Y is no longer a strong enough mouth piece and just declare bankruptcy without anyone but the workers of company Y getting hurt financially.
This isn't a reflection of anything but of how capitalism functions and is served by our neoliberal government. Losses and bankruptcy are FEATURES that benefit capitalist. Why do you think Trump has so many bankruptcies? I'm sorry, but, this isn't a reflection of incompetence or stupidity. It's literally how capitalism functions and it's not at all unique to Trump.
Company run by right-wing billionaire: We lost all our money, sales are down 600%, and our CEO got arrested for sexting a 13-year-old girl
Stock: Up 1.2%
Don’t forget the government bailouts!!